{"product_id":"9781609458638","title":"My Brilliant Friend (The Neapolitan Novels #1)","description":"Soon to be an HBO series, book one in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling Neapolitan quartet about two friends growing up in post-war Italy is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted family epic by Italy’s most beloved and acclaimed writer, Elena Ferrante, “one of the great novelists of our time.” (Roxana Robinson, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Ferrante’s four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its protagonists, the fiery and unforgettable Lila, and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflictual friendship. Book one in the series follows Lila and Elena from their first fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between her protagonists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An intoxicatingly furious portrait of enmeshed friends,” writes \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. “Spectacular,” says Maureen Corrigan on \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e’s Fresh Air. “A large, captivating, amiably peopled bildungsroman,” writes James Wood in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFerrante is one of the world’s great storytellers. With \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Friend\u003c\/i\u003e she has given her readers an abundant, generous, and masterfully plotted page-turner that is also a stylish work of literary fiction destined to delight readers for many generations to come.","brand":"Europa Editions, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127824892144,"sku":"9781609458638","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609458638_p0.jpg?v=1763838229","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609458638","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}